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16-y-olds Akita Francis and Byron Bennett missing

Observer - 16 hours 33 min ago
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Sixteen-year-old Akita Francis and Byron Bennett, also 16, both from Kingston addresses have been reported missing.

Jose Reina happy to resist Barcelona and remain at Liverpool

Guardian Sport - 16 hours 42 min ago

• 31-year-old goalkeeper says he wants to stay at Anfield
• 'I'm satisfied, comfortable and my family are very happy'

Jose Reina admits he is flattered to be linked with a return to former club Barcelona but has again insisted he is happy at Liverpool, with whom he is under contract until 2016.

Reina is one of the names being touted as a possible replacement for long-serving Barça goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who has told the Catalan club he intends to leave and could sever ties this summer.

The 31-year-old Reina, who came up through the youth ranks at Barça before joining Villarreal over a decade ago, said of the speculation: "I have three more years with Liverpool. I'm satisfied, comfortable and my family are very happy. Rumours are difficult to control but it's flattering when a club like Barça are interested in you."

The Spain international added to radio station Cadena Ser: "I don't know if there has been contact between the clubs or with my agent. At the moment I don't think there's anything serious."

Reina hopes to finish his career back in his homeland, but the Liverpool goakeeper added: "I don't know how long I've got left in football, what I do know is I want to enjoy what remains and feel appreciated and at Liverpool I have that."

Reina, son of former Barça goalkeeper Miguel Reina, played several first-team matches while still a teenager at Camp Nou but left the club in 2002 without winning any major silverware.

In the last half-a-dozen years Barça have emerged as the dominant force in both Spain and Europe, winning trophy after trophy, but Reina is not dwelling on what might have been.

"The years I was in Barcelona were very good, I don't have any bad feelings about not succeeding there. I played more than 50 games, when I was less than 20, it helped me grow a lot," he said.

"I would've liked to have played there more, of course, but there's no need to over-dramatise things."


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Griffiths & Watt in Scotland squad

BBC Sport - 16 hours 49 min ago
Scotland play Croatia in World Cup qualifier.

Brighton apologise after vandalism

BBC Sport - 16 hours 49 min ago
Brighton apologise to Crystal Palace after a pre-match "unsavoury incident" in the Eagles' dressing room.

Football transfer rumours: Edinson Cavani to join Mourinho at Chelsea?

Guardian Sport - 16 hours 52 min ago

Today's rumours were up all night

He might be a little bit paunchier, greyer and fonder of wearing a tracksuit on the touchline but none of that really matters, for this is a glorious day: daddy's coming home! Yes, try to contain your surprise at the news that Real Madrid have let José Mourinho go after three fairly underwhelming and tempestuous years, freeing him up for a return to Chelsea. Their supporters are understandably delighted at the news although there are some onlookers claiming you should never go back, a theory which is given credence by Mourinho wanting to bring in Steve Kean as a coach.

Careful, José, the Mill can see it now: two years of success, then a fall-out with Roman Abramovich over which Spiderman film was the best, and before you know it Kean will be the new Chelsea manager.

The first thing on Mourinho's to-do list is to sign Edinson Cavani and he'll have an added incentive on that front if his old chum Rafa Benítez accepts Napoli's offer to become their new manager. Indeed the managerial merry-go-round is whirring into action following these latest developments. Carlo Ancelotti wants to leave PSG and go to Madrid and the French club are eyeing up Laurent Blanc and Benítez to replace the Italian. That's actually the end of the merry-go-round. An ultimately disappointing and overly familiar ride but you still owe the Mill £5 for going on it. Don't make the Mill fetch its shotgun.

Barcelona have decided they could do with some defenders and will chuck £20m at Manchester City for their captain and philosopher-in-chief Vincent Kompany, although they'll probably try to shrink him and convert him into a tippy-tappy midfielder once he arrives at Camp Nou. Honestly, you can do anything with science these days.

Apart from turning Kolo Touré into a reliable defender, of course, not that Liverpool are too bothered by that. They want to sign the part-time car salesman and occasional City goofball as a replacement for Jamie Carragher.

With Madrid lining up a £50m bid, Gareth Bale has told Tottenham he wants a whopping £200,000 a week to stay after their failure to qualify for the Champions League. Luckily Spurs are going to free up some cash by selling Emmanuel Adebayor, Jermain Defoe and Clint Dempsey, with Christian Benteke, Lisandro López and David Villa all catching André Villas-Boas's roving eye.

Hull are also in the market for some strikers, with Steve Bruce targeting Blackburn's Jordan Rhodes and Burnley's Charlie Austin, while Stoke are set for crisis talks with Tony Pulis and want Phil Neville to join them as a first-team coach.

Jacob Steinberg
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Rental cars featuring in robberies, murders

Observer - 17 hours 6 min ago
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Police say that there has been a noticeable and “alarming” increase in the number of crimes, especially murders and robberies, committed by people driving rented motor vehicles.

Murray's Memories: 'Craziest race ever'

BBC Sport - 17 hours 6 min ago
BBC F1 commentator Murray Walker on the "incredible" 1982 Monaco Grand Prix which produced an unlikely winner

How did your team's manager fare this season?

BBC Sport - 17 hours 28 min ago
Chief football writer Phil McNulty assesses the campaigns of every Premier League manager

Henry: Ulster saving best for final

BBC Sport - 17 hours 37 min ago
Chris Henry says Ulster will have to produce their best game of the season to beat Leinster in Saturday's Pro12 final.

VIDEO: Murray's Memories: Monaco GP's six leaders

BBC Sport - 17 hours 37 min ago
F1 commentary legend Murray Walker looks back at the final two laps of the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix in which a succession of leading cars drop out of the race.

Warburton 'wise beyond his years'

BBC Sport - 18 hours 7 min ago
Former Lions captain Paul O'Connell says Sam Warburton has the maturity and confidence to lead the Lions in Australia.

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

Observer - 18 hours 31 min ago
MOORE, Oklahoma (AP) -- Parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off -- survivors of a deadly tornado that barrelled through their community.

The world's best racquet-sport player?

BBC Sport - 18 hours 40 min ago
World champion Ramy Ashour has the titles, talent and charisma to help squash go beyond its four walls

Swansea must keep Williams - Britton

BBC Sport - 18 hours 43 min ago
Leon Britton says it is "vitally important" Swansea City do not sell captain Ashley Williams over the summer.

European Tour finally under the spotlight

BBC Sport - 18 hours 50 min ago
Wentworth's PGA Championship is one of the European Tour's few chances to be in the limelight - golf correspondent Iain Carter

The Ashes: 50 days to go

BBC Sport - 19 hours 3 min ago
From Don Bradman to Ian Botham... BBC Sport counts down to the start of the 2013 Ashes series

Rooneys announce arrival of baby

BBC Sport - 19 hours 7 min ago
Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen announce the birth of a second son, named Klay Anthony.

EMAILGATE

Express - Mon, 05/20/2013 - 23:24
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday presented a series of damning e-mails to the Parliament which, he said, implicated the Prime Minister, the Attorney General and Local Government Minister in “high crime”, “misbehaviour of public office” and a massive cover up.

Probe e-mails

Express - Mon, 05/20/2013 - 23:24
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday denied that she had sent or received any of the Section 34-related conspiracy e-mails read out by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.

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